By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Veteran’s Day will be here soon (Wednesday, Nov. 11), but how that will look at area school districts is still somewhat unsettled. Mahomet-Seymour is changing the look of its traditional Veteran’s Day ceremony, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but St. Joseph-Ogden, Oakwood and Heritage are […]
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Mahomet-Seymour board votes to keep 4-day for second semester, remote learning in-house
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board has voted to expand K-12 education to four days a week, keeping Monday asynchronous. The board voted down a motion to go five days. Each school will stagger in times: Middletown Elementary Hours: 8:30-2:00Lincoln Trail Hours: 8:45-2:45Junior High Hours: 9:30-3:00High School Hours: 9:36-3:16 Remote education will […]
M-S places 2nd in Monticello race that featured 5 state-ranked teams
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs placed second on Saturday (Oct. 17) in a seven-school girls’ cross-country meet at Monticello’s Lodge Park that featured five schools that were ranked last week in the milesplit.com state poll. Meet champion Monticello (ranked first in Class 1A) had a composite score of 31 points. […]
Bulldog rise to the challenge in Monticello
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs placed second on Saturday (Oct. 17) in an elite seven-school boys’ cross-country meet at Lodge Park, in Monticello. Five schools were state-ranked last week in the milesplit.com poll. The team champion was St. Joseph-Ogden (ranked 12th in Class 1A) with 47 points. M-S (ranked 11th […]
What Mahomet-Seymour Teachers Want the Public to Know
Editor’s Note: To maintain the anonymity of Mahomet-Seymour teachers, all teachers interviewed will be listed as “one teacher” in this article. By Dani Tietz There is so much Mahomet-Seymour teachers want the public to know prior to Monday’s school board meeting. According to the board packet released Thursday afternoon, the […]
Mahomet-Seymour Tennis season comes to an end, pick up final win at GCMS
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Both of Mahomet-Seymour’s doubles teams finished 1-1 in the Class 1A Champaign Central girls’ tennis sectional that ended on Saturday (Oct. 17) at the Lindsay Courts and were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Gwen Tee and Avery Sanborn opened the postseason with a comeback 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 […]
Letter to the Editor: Keefe talks about Return to School vote
Editor: On Monday, Oct. 19th, the Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education will be making yet another highly-consequential decision regarding the model of education provided by our district. This decision will have long-lasting impacts on the development and preparation of our children, as well as the short-term and long-term health of our […]
COVID-19 hospitalizations top 2,000 for first time since June
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – More than 2,000 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized in Illinois as of Thursday night, a high not seen since June 12. At that time, COVID-19 hospitalizations were quickly declining after peaking at 5,037 on April 28. Now, they are on the rise after […]
Mahomet-Seymour Soccer Photos 2020
The Mahomet-Seymour Soccer team held an intrasquad scrimmage on Oct. 15 at Middletown Soccer Field. To view all of the photos in this album, click here.
Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band Photos 2020
The 2020 Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band finished their season on Oct. 15 with a performance for family in the school parking lot. The entire album is available here.